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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 24, 1905
Page
21
A Friday sale offers remnants and odd lots across the store with low prices. Highlights include White Lawn Dresses sizes 4 to 14 at 1 15 each and French Fancy Pique 12 yard lengths at 25c a yard, with bargains noted on the third and second floors respectively.
A mid-century sale lists 40 dozen womens black gauze lisle hose at 2 cents per pair, plus English long cloth 12 yards priced at 115 dollars per piece. Reductions include youths and boys coats, reefers, rain coats, suits, and sailor blouses, with sizes and markdowns across third and main floors on Tenth Street.
Boys hats and garments advertised with dramatic price cuts. Items include 4 an 8 year old sizes, flannel fashions, all wool sweaters, lateen blouses, laundered blouses KEK TM brand, hats caps Tam o Shanters and toques, boys felt fedoras. Discounts range from one third to reduced prices, all on third floor terrace street location.
Third floor eleventh street department store list highlights women’s undergarments and outerwear with price cuts. Items include muslin drawers 79 cents per pair, cambric petticoats 125 each, nainsook gowns tied to lace yokes, and assorted silk garments. Limited sizes and quantities remain.
Infants' long dresses in Nainsook and Persian Lawn offered at 1 4 to 13 less than regular prices. Styles include lace insertion and embroidery ruffles, with usual prices from 125 to 275 dollars, down from 275 to 325. Infants Dept Third floor Eleventh avenue location.
Short and long lawn kimonas offered at combined sets for choice. Long kimonas in pink striped lawn with white border. short kimonas in all white lawn with self border. Regular pace price 75 cents. Third floor Eleventh street.
Bargains on odd plain white slop jars with double handles in assorted shapes priced 75 cents each for choice. Regular values range from 125 to 150 dollars. Also plain white pitchers and basins in assorted shapes priced 75 cents per pair, with regular values from 106 to 125 dollars. Fifth floor.
Rainy-day Umbrellas offer a special price on 28 inch models with steel rods and natural wood handles. Four lots available on the main floor near the street entrance. umbrellas suitable for office use and daily rain protection.
A seller advertises women s fine black kidskin button boots in sizes 212 to 7 A B C with a comfortable stylish fit and a half price offer at 250 dollars per pair, down from 400 dollars. Third floor Tenth street.
In the main floor sale, Wen’s Fancy Lisle Hose and Cotton Hose sets drop from 60c to three for $10, while 8 pairs of Natural Gray Silk and Wool Drawers in sizes 34, 38, 40 fall to $2.60 each. Paddock Rain Coat and gray mix rain coat reduced to clear. Kid gloves also cut from $1.50 to 90 cents a pair.
A sale list shows items including men’s tan leather knickers with inch waist adjusters, reduced from 31.50 to 32.50, a woman’s tan leather shirt with 27 inch bust reduced from 5.00 to 0.50, two women’s tan leather jackets in size 38 reduced from 20.00 to 2.50 each, and a man’s tan chamois finish leather jacket size 44 reduced from 20.00 to Phira floor at.
Traveling Goods Dept offers Kretol and leather suit cases with heavy hardware and cloth linings at drastic price cuts. 1223 inch Kretol case reduced from 25 to 2 46 12-inch cowhide leather case with steel frame linen lined shirt fold reduced from 3700 to 0 24 inch leather case hand sewn rivets and heavy corners reduced from 2 to 1 Fine sole leather case steel frame iron lined straps hinges well riveted reduced from 91500 to 850 Basement Equitable Building.
Drop head sewing machine with automatic stitch and swell front, complete with full set of attachments and a five year guarantee. Woodwork slightly marred. Reduced from 928 50 to $2500. Second floor G floor.
Shopworn baskets and Swiss hand carved boxes offered at deep cuts. Prices drop from 65c to 1c for small baskets and from $4.50 to 1c for hampers. Large work baskets and sweetgrass baskets marked down, plus line and unlined wooden work boxes reduced to low cents. Fifth floor G Street selections.
A sale listing details multiple women's wear items with sizes and reduced prices. Includes Elk Pongee suits, a Tan Vole silk lined suit, a Brown Crepe Panama dress, a Black Silk suit, Light Tan Messaline Taffeta shirts, and Cheviot suits in various sizes. Each entry notes original and reduced prices and garment specifics.
Notices a third floor sale of Misses' wear with Cheviot suits in blue and black, various coats, jackets, and dresses. Sizes 6 to 18. discounts from original prices to $5 to $1000 per item. Includes two-piece suits, dresses, and novelty wool outfits with trim details and belts.
The Picture Department lists discounted artworks and frames. Items include two large pastels Landscape in gilt frames reduced from 500 to 3160 each, small oil Marine in deep frame reduced from 750 to 255, woodland oil in gold frame reduced from 1500 to 00, colored Picture Fancy Head in black shadow-box reduced from 350 to 100, six Fancy Heads in broad gilt frames reduced from 200 to 75 each, two large sepia photogravures in brown and gilt frames reduced from 409 to 195 each, forty two Pastels Fruit subjects reduced from 500 to 00 each, forty Colored Girls Heads reduced from 25c to 10c each.
Reduced prices across many items including dolls go carts cardboard doll houses and toy music boxes. Dolls leather couches hand sewing machines parlor bowling alleys and other toy goods see steep cuts with items priced to clear. May indicate a storewide or department sale on the fourth floor at Eleventh Street.
A listing of discounted items across China department including 100-piece American china sets, 12-piece toilet sets, decorated English porcelain dishes, assorted French china pilasters, bowls, pitchers, bouillon cups, Japanese vases, Limoges soup plates, pudding dishes, and Jardinieres. Prices slashed from hundreds to tens of dollars or cents. several damaged or adjusted figures noted.
A Fifth floor Eleventh Street sale ad lists damaged and reduced prices on blue and white enamel ware pitchers saucepans oyster fryers and more. Items include gas stoves garbage cans steam cookers alcohol stoves and various metalware with steep markdowns from original prices. Most reductions bring prices to a fraction of earlier costs and shopworn pieces noted.
An old newspaper item lists furniture with heavy markdowns across leather, mahogany, oak, and maple pieces. Notable items include a genuine leather head couch, a queen of oak roll-top desk, a princess dresser, and various chests, chiffoniers, and rockers, all discounted from high prices to lower amounts.
Social and personal items highlight Noel House settlement sale and musicale by Polymnia Society to aid Noel House. Events feature Mrs A C Tyler and other hostesses, plus notes on society dinners and upcoming wedding of George Linville Smith and Emily Fitz-Gerald.
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